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Job summary

Main area
Outpatients
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
418-DTO4668-SJ
Employer
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
L&D Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Luton
Salary
£23,615 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Outpatient Clinic Receptionist/Call Centre Clerk

Band 2

Job overview

We are looking for Call Centre/Receptionists to join our busy Outpatients Team.

The role on offer is:-

Full time posts  Mon-Fri 08.30 – 17.00 with a 1 hour break

We would like to hear from people who enjoy interacting with the public and are passionate about delivering customer service to a high standard in a busy environment both face to face in a clinic setting or over the telephone in the call-center.

To provide a courteous reception service to patients and clinicians in line with office procedures or manage all calls presented to the Outpatient Appointment line relating to outpatient appointments 

We offer a full training programme and potential further career progression.

Main duties of the job

To provide a prompt and professional call-center or clinic reception service to patients in line with office procedures, contributing to the overall efficient and effective running of the outpatient appointment function.

To manage the booking of designated follow up clinics and ensure that these are booked efficiently and that any booking issues are raised immediately with medical staff to ensure patient care is not compromised.

To manage all calls presented to the Outpatient Appointment line relating to outpatient appointments including Choose and Book dealing with all issues that arise and agreeing a suitable outcome ensuring both systems iPM and Choose and Book are updated to ensure quality data, ensuring that new patients are offered patient choice and seen within clinical priority guidelines and national waiting times standards.  

 

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification attached before applying for this role.

 

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • At least 3 GCSEs – or similar qualification or experience
  • Customer service experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Must have clerical experience
  • Call centre experience
Desirable criteria
  • NHS experience, Choose and Book experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times
  • Must be computer literate and familiar with Windows packages
Desirable criteria
  • Have knowledge evidence of iPM and / or Choose and Book

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024Employer with Heart

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Kiernan
Job title
Outpatient Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01582 718869
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